OVERLAND PARK, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sprint (NYSE: S) recently announced the 2012 recipients of its Atlanta
Local Giving Program. In total, three area non-profit organizations were
awarded grants as part of this signature community-support program. The
Atlanta Local Giving Program awards Sprint Foundation grants totaling
$50,000 to area non-profits that support Sprint’s philanthropic focus
areas of youth development (including mentoring, leadership and academic
achievement), arts and culture, and environmental stewardship. Grants
were presented and recipient organizations were honored at a local
reception last night.

The 2012 grant recipients are as follows:

Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta was awarded a $25,000 Sprint
Foundation grant for its Leadership Experience Outreach Program. This
funding will help underwrite the costs of participation for 5,000
girls from low-income households to participate in Girl Scouting.
These girls will work toward proficiency badges in areas such as
financial literacy, STEM educational initiatives and career
exploration.

The Atlanta Botanical Garden was awarded a $15,000 Sprint
Foundation grant for its Education and the Environment Program. This
funding will be used to engage 14,000 students from the Atlanta Public
School system in a variety of educational programs, including
after-school activities, classroom-garden taste tests, field trips, a
science-outreach program, and a student wellness-ambassador program.

Horizon Theatre Company was awarded a $10,000 Sprint Foundation
grant for its Education Outreach Program. Each year, this program
enables more than 6,500 people of all ages to attend or participate in
productions, readings and workshops through a Family Series, Young
Playwrights Festival, Apprentice Company and Intern Company.

Sprint is a long-time supporter of the Atlanta community, and this is
the fourth year Sprint has conducted the Atlanta Local Giving Program.
In total, through this and similar programs, Sprint has provided more
than $220,000 in support to Atlanta-area non-profits, including Big
Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta and GivingPoint Inc. To learn more
about either program, please visit www.sprint.com/localgiving.

About Sprint Nextel

Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline
communications services bringing the freedom of mobility to consumers,
businesses and government users. Sprint Nextel served nearly 56 million
customers at the end of the third quarter of 2012 and is widely
recognized for developing, engineering and deploying innovative
technologies, including the first wireless 4G service from a national
carrier in the United States; offering industry-leading mobile data
services, leading prepaid brands including Virgin Mobile USA, Boost
Mobile, and Assurance Wireless; instant national and international
push-to-talk capabilities; and a global Tier 1 Internet backbone. The American
Customer Satisfaction Index rated Sprint No. 1 among all national
carriers in customer satisfaction and most improved, across all 47
industries, during the last four years. Newsweek ranked Sprint
No. 3 in both its 2011 and 2012 Green Rankings, listing it as one of the
nation’s greenest companies, the highest of any telecommunications
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